Michelangelo (1475 - 1564) [sv]

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo di lodoˈviːko ˌbwɔnarˈrɔːti siˈmoːni]; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo (English: ), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspired by models from classical antiquity and had a lasting influence on Western art. Michelangelo's creative abilities and mastery in a range of artistic arenas define him as an archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and elder contemporary, Leonardo da Vinci. Given the sheer volume of surviving correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences, Michelangelo is one of the best-documented artists of the 16th century. He was lauded by contemporary biographers as the most accomplished artist of his era.

Michelangelo achieved fame early. Two of his best-known works, the Pietà and David, were sculpted before the age of 30. Although he did not consider himself a painter, Michelangelo created two of the most influential frescoes in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and The Last Judgment on its altar wall. His design of the Laurentian Library pioneered Mannerist architecture. At the age of 71, he succeeded Antonio da Sangallo the Younger as the architect of St. Peter's Basilica. Michelangelo transformed the plan so that the Western end was finished to his design, as was the dome, with some modification, after his death.

Michelangelo was the first Western artist whose biography was published while he was alive. Three biographies were published during his lifetime. One of them, by Giorgio Vasari, proposed that Michelangelo's work transcended that of any artist living or dead, and was "supreme in not one art alone but in all three."

In his lifetime, Michelangelo was often called Il Divino ("the divine one"). His contemporaries admired his terribilità—his ability to instill a sense of awe in viewers of his art. Attempts by subsequent artists to imitate the expressive physicality of Michelangelo's style contributed to the rise of Mannerism, a short-lived movement in Western art between the High Renaissance and the Baroque.

Michelangelo di Ludovico Buonarroti Simoni (6. märts 1475 Toscana Caprese – 18. veebruar 1564 Rooma) oli itaalia maalikunstnik, skulptor, luuletaja ja arhitekt.

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6. maaliskuuta 1475 Caprese, Firenzen tasavalta – 18. helmikuuta 1564 Rooma, Kirkkovaltio) oli italialainen renessanssitaiteen yleisnero – kuvanveistäjä, taidemaalari, arkkitehti ja runoilija. Häntä pidetään yhtenä Italian täysrenessanssin suurena nerona Leonardo da Vincin ja Rafaelin ohella. Michelangelon tuotantoa leimaa tietty suurekkuus ja paatoksellisuus. Hänen tyylinsä oli tienviitoittaja täysrenessanssia seuranneelle manierismille. Michelangelo vaikutti myös taiteilijan yhteiskunnallisen aseman nousuun.

Michelangelon huomattavimpia töitä ovat muun muassa Sikstuksen kappelin freskot ja Pietà-veistos Vatikaanissa, sekä Medicien hautakappeli ja Daavid-patsas Firenzessä. Pietarinkirkon keskeisimmät osat ja kupoli ovat hänen suunnittelemiaan.

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6. mars 1475–18. februar 1564), kjend som Michelangelo, var ein italiensk bilethoggar, målar, arkitekt, poet og ingeniør. Han var fødd i Caprese ved Sansepolcro i Toscana og døydde i Roma.

Fordi han var så allsidig, vert han sett på som eit typisk renessansemenneske, på linje med rivalen og likemannen Leonardo da Vinci.

Michelangelo sin produksjon gjennom eit langt liv var svært omfattande. Her er store samlingar av brevvekslingar, skisser og anna etter han, og han er dermed den best dokumenterte kunstnaren frå det sekstande hundreåret.

To av dei mest kjende verka hans, Pietà og David, var skulpturar han laga før han var tretti. Michelangelo rekna seg først og fremst som bilethoggar, men han laga også to av dei viktigaste freskomåleria i vestleg kunsthistorie: Scener frå første mosebok i taket og Dommedag på altarveggen i Det sixtinske kapellet i Roma. Seinare i livet teikna han kuppelen til Peterskyrkja og fornya klassisk arkitektur med bruk av kolossordenen.

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (italienskt uttal: [mikeˈlandʒelo di lodoˈviːko ˌbwɔnarˈrɔːti siˈmoːni]; mer känd som bara Michelangelo), född 6 mars 1475 i Caprese norr om Arezzo i Republiken Florens i (nuvarande Italien), död 18 februari 1564 i Rom, var en italiensk skulptör, arkitekt, målare och poet. Han verkade i Florens och Rom under högrenässansen. Michelangelo överglänste alla sina läromästare. Hans stil var hans egen och han skapade mästerverk i många konstgrenar, inom skulptur, arkitektur och måleri. Michelangelo föredrog dock att kallas skulptör.